Grazing land management EDGE workshop Emerald

Grazing land management: Strategies to improve land condition and pasture response

The GLM EDGE is a three-day workshop designed to give you a thorough understanding of the grazing land environment in which you operate. It will provide you with the knowledge you need to strategically manage your grazing business so you can optimise your land condition and productivity in the long term.

The workshop will be delivered by Bob Shepherd, DAF Charters Towers, Jill Alexander, Applied Ag and Byrony Daniels, DAF Emerald.

Attending this workshop will help you to understand:

• how to influence pasture growth and quality
• key dates for management decisions
• assessing land condition
• land management strategies including tree‐grass balance, fire, sown pastures and weed control
• financial implications of a change in land management
• principles of successful grazing systems
• long‐ and short‐term carrying capacity
• choosing tools and strategies to improve your land
• condition and diet quality for your livestock

Prices:

$1,750 + GST for one person from a business
$1,450 + GST each for two or more people from a business

This price includes a comprehensive set of workshop notes and reference materials, specialist modules in land reclamation and gully rehabilitation and lunch, morning and afternoon tea each day.

Register early as numbers for the workshop are limited. RSVP Monday 16 October 2017.

For more information please contact Byrony Daniels on 07 4991 0867 or 0427 746 434
or email byrony.daniels@daf.qld.gov.au.

Download a copy of the GLM EDGE Emerald flyer and registration form November 2017 (PDF, 724KB).

You may be eligible for reimbursement through the Fitzroy Basin Association Grazing Training Reimbursement Program. Download the information flyer (PDF, 376KB) for eligibility details.